Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2009 World Series of Poker

05-29-2009 20:34 UTC-12

Official List of Day 3 Players and Chip Counts

Table 145

Seat 1 - Frank Kassela (167,000)
Seat 2 - Brian Townsend (671,000)
Seat 3 - Justin Bonomo (2,678,000)
Seat 4 - Keith Lehr (1,257,000)
Seat 5 - Clark Hamagami (691,000)
Seat 6 - Ted Forrest (2,586,000)
Seat 7 - Andrew Robl (112,000)
Seat 8 - OPEN
Seat 9 - Greg Raymer (2,287,000)

Table 146

Seat 1 - Dani Stern (762,000)
Seat 2 - OPEN
Seat 3 - Brian Rast (912,000)
Seat 4 - OPEN
Seat 5 - Tony G (481,000)
Seat 6 - Noah Schwartz (541,000)
Seat 7 - Andy Black (210,000)
Seat 8 - Matthew Marafioti (1,003,000)
Seat 9 - Lex Velduis (2,103,000)

Table 147

Seat 1 - Doshi Suresh (771,000)
Seat 2 - David Chiu (318,000)
Seat 3 - Alec Torelli (1,725,000)
Seat 4 - Vitaly Lunkin (1,166,000)
Seat 5 - OPEN
Seat 6 - Neil Channing (270,000)
Seat 7 - Matt Glantz (671,000)
Seat 8 - David Baker (2,367,000)
Seat 9 - Isaac Haxton (539,000)

05-30-2009 08:57 UTC-12

Gentlemen, Start Your Unbagging

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Players are gathering around our last three tables, and the unbagging of chips has commenced. We're still probably 10-15 minutes away from the restart of the $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Stay tuned.

Level: 19

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

05-30-2009 09:07 UTC-12

Cards are in the Air

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Action is back underway in the $40K no-limit. We will play down to a final table of nine today.

05-30-2009 09:12 UTC-12

Andrew Robl Eliminated in 23rd Place ($71,858)

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Action folded around to Andrew "good2cu" Robl in the small blind who checked his cards, then pushed all in with his last 105,000. Greg Raymer made the call from the big blind.

Robl {6-Clubs}

Raymer

The board came {5-Spades}

, and Robl was eliminated, earning $71,858. Raymer now has 2.4 million.

05-30-2009 09:16 UTC-12

Frank Kassela Eliminated in 22nd Place ($71,858)

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Brian Townsend opened for 60,000 from UTG and Frank Kassela called from the big blind. The flop came down {K-Diamonds}

and Kassela immediately moved all in for his remaining 105,000. Townsend called and turned up {A-Clubs}

to Kassela's {K-Spades}

. The turn was the {10-Spades}

, the river was the {6-Hearts}

and Kassela's tournament came to an end with a 22nd place finish, good for $71,858.

With that pot, Townsend increased his stack to 838,000.

Tags: Brian Townsend Frank Kassela

05-30-2009 09:19 UTC-12

David Chiu Eliminated in 21st Place ($71,858)

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David Chiu raised to 60,000 from under the gun, and Alec Torelli, sitting to Chiu's left, reraised to 152,000. It folded back around to Chiu who made the call, leaving himself about 155,000 behind.

The flop came single-suited -- {9-Diamonds}

. Chiu announced he was all in, and Torelli made the call. Chiu showed {A-Hearts}

for top pair, and Torelli turned over {Q-Spades}

for queens and the diamond draw. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}

, giving Torelli his flush and making the {6-Hearts}

on the river inconsequential.

Chiu is out, earning $71,858. That hand takes Torelli up over the 2 million-chip mark.

We're down to 20 players.

Tags: Alec Torelli David Chiu

05-30-2009 09:23 UTC-12

Neil Channing Eliminated in 20th place ($71,858)

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Neil Channing open-shoved for 258,000 from UTG, Isaac Haxton re-shoved for 455,000 from the cutoff and Vitaly Lunkin flat-called from the big blind.

Channing {A-Clubs}

Haxton

Lunkin

Haxton made top pair on the {K-Diamonds}

board and scooped the pot, sending Channing to the rail in 20th place. Haxton is now up to 1,280,000 in chips.

Tags: Isaac Haxton Neil Channing Vitaly Lunkin

05-30-2009 09:25 UTC-12

The Incredibly Shrinking Field

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Once the cash bubble burst last night, it took just six hands to lose four players. Today's restart has begun similarly, with four more eliminations within the first couple of orbits.

The pay jumps begin after the next elimination (19th), however, so the bustouts should start slowing down. Everyone still has his eyes on that first prize of $1,891,012.

05-30-2009 09:34 UTC-12

Thirsty for Chips

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It folded around to Brian "tsarrast" Rast who raised to 60,000 from the small blind. Tony G made the call from the big blind.

The flop came {2-Spades}